Thursday, May 31, 2012

Nicklas lidstrom

No one was as effective as Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom was on a hockey rink. No one could make the first pass out of the zone the way he could. No one could bat pucks out of the air like Lidstrom could.

(USA Today)

DETROIT -- Nicklas Lidstrom is so used to being great that the star defenseman refused to settle for just being good.

(ESPN)

DETROIT – All signs point toward Henrik Zetterberg being the next captain of the Detroit Red Wings.

(MLive.com)

DETROIT – Now that Nicklas Lidstrom has made a decision about his future, Tomas Holmstrom is next on the Detroit Red Wings offseason agenda.

(MLive.com)

Mike Ilitch has scaled mountains in business and sports because of his foresight, which makes his words about Nicklas Lidstrom's retirement even more painful.

(Detroit Free Press)

There are hard games to play and there are hard games to play. You could try your hand at a game of Where's Waldo while blindfolded, or maybe Sudoku against a bank of supercomputers is your thing. However, the hardest game in the world has come to an end.

He always said, only half-jokingly, that he would announce his retirement soon after Nicklas Lidstrom hung up his skates. I did say that, didnt I? he said, cracking one of the few smiles possible on what was generally considered a sad day.

(Sacramento Bee)

Nicklas Lidstroms first defence partner in Detroit was Paul Coffey, a Hall of Fame manoeuvre by Red Wings coach Bryan Murray, who was looking for a mentor for the young Swede.